Tuesday, January 22, 2013

A Few Things People Should Know About the iPad

The Apple iPad has been launched with a lot of publicity and when it
comes to it, it really has some good features to boast with. After
refreshing the iPhone, Apple has taken the challenge of also renewing
their iPad and so it came out that the latest iPad (available for $499
for the 16 GB model and $829 dollars for the 64 GB model) was the proud
and successful successor of the original tablet that made such an impact
in the gadget world.

As
such, the new tablet was slimmer than the original, it was lighter when
it comes to weight and on top of that, had some very nice curves that
made it much more appealing. On top of that, there were also new
features added like the FaceTime cameras, the gyroscope and the speed
bumped chips. And for the first time, people will be let in on more
options than ever before, like 3 different wireless versions and 2
different colors for the same 3 initial storage capacities. Yet when it
comes to other features, they were left untouched or changed so little
that the changes are not noticeable.

Pros:

The new iPad is
an iterative improvement over the 1st generation tablet. It is available
in 2 color options, it has a reduced weight and under its hood, there
is a lot of power for some of the most demanding applications today.
Even though given the size of the iPad, it still manages to pack in
brute force and paired by powerful integrated apps for video, photo
playback, audio internet browsing, mapping and more, it's one of the few
tablets on the market that offers the most bang for the buck.

Currently
there are also more than 75,000 apps that take advantage of dual core
processing which can only be good news for the iPad owners. The battery
life is still almost the same, with the only difference that now people
will also get between twenty and sixty minutes more battery life in
certain situations.

The video output capabilities have also been
improved and now there is a 1080p maximum output supported (when used
with VGA & HDMI accessories) and also screen mirroring.

Cons:

The
cameras the Apple iPad was fitted with are not that good and the images
produced will be very poor, especially when they will be forced to full
screen. This makes still photography a very bad experience. Even though
video can be filmed in 720p quality, the end result is only deemed to
be acceptable at the most. There have also been downgrades noticed in
what regards the microphone and the audio performance. Last but not
least, HD videos are cropped to fit the 4:3 aspect ratio and people will
also not be able to run Retina Display apps at full resolution.

Regardless
of these issues, the Apple iPad is still a good choice and it offers
plenty of performance for the dollar people pay for it. It's faster,
more reliable, more optimized and ready to rumble in everything they will put it up to!